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Cargo
Cargo [fr. Cargo, Sp., the load of a ship; charge, Fr.], the lading of a ship, the merchandise or wares contained and conveyed in a ship. Includes
Bottomry
A contract in the nature of a mortgage by which the owner of a ship or the master as his agent hypothecates and binds the ship and sometimes the accruing freight as security
Average
(1) A service which a tenant owes to his lord by doing work with his avers. (2) A shipping or insurance term. (a) Average, or more fully general average, is where any damage or loss has been
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Passengers
Passengers, persons conveyed from one place to another. Passenger ships are those peculiarly appropriated to the conveyance of passengers, as distinguished from cargo ships. In some respects, passengers
Lighthouse
Lighthouse, a building, from which lights are shown to guide ships at sea. The power of erecting and maintaining them is a branch of the royal prerogative. By the
barratry
deception, from barater to deceive, cheat] 1 : an unlawful act or fraudulent breach of duty by a ship's master or crew that injures the interests of the ship's or cargo's owners often used in marine insurance
Pilot
Pilot, a person taken on board at any particular place for the purpose of conducting a ship through a river, road, or channel, or from or into a port, defined in s. 742 of the
Policy of group insurance
Rajasthan Stamp Act, 1999, s. 2(28)] Policy of sea-insurance or sea-policy,-- (a) means any insurance made upon any ship or vessel (whether for marine or inland navigation), or upon the machinery, tackle or furniture of any ship
Freight
Freight, the sum paid by a merchant or other person chartering a ship or part of a ship, or sending goods in a general ship, for the use of such ship
Demurrage
Demurrage, a term used in commercial navigation, signifying on allowance made to the owners of a ship by the freighter, for detaining her in port longer than the period agreed upon for her sailing. It
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